Happiness

What are the benefits of having more happiness because it seems to have no affects except when it is lost when training in the gym but nothing changes.

The more happiness you have the higher your gym gains.

B100d4nc3r is correct, to gain stats the fastest between 0-100k you should aim to get your happy as high as possible. Many use the drugecstasy to boost happy up before training.

So after 100k there is no benefit to happiness in training?

There is, but it becomes more effective to use xanax since it gives you 250 energy. Generally after 100k the more energy you use the better your gains are.
Not sure of the optimizations as far as ecstasy to xanax transition but i'd guess it's around 100k.

Also people argue always using xanax is better since the more energy you use the faster you unlock your next gym. I however think ecstasy is a better route.

ALSO remember to use an ecstasy on a full E bar, and refill while under the influence. (happiness above your normal will be lost at every 15min mark, so take wisely)

Happy has the exact same effect on your stats at 50 of a stat as it does at 50 million of a stat. Because it is a static figure, it makes a bigger difference when your stats are low, potentially multiplying your gains by double digits. When your stats are already established, the bonus from happy is small compared to your exponential gains.

Thanks for that, I thought it could have been there just for no reason

The only time happiness really plays no part, is when you cap a battle stat, then you hardly notice the difference anyway.

babaloo [494677]There is, but it becomes more effective to use xanax since it gives you 250 energy. Generally after 100k the more energy you use the better your gains are.
Not sure of the optimizations as far as ecstasy to xanax transition but i'd guess it's around 100k.

Also people argue always using xanax is better since the more energy you use the faster you unlock your next gym. I however think ecstasy is a better route.

ALSO remember to use an ecstasy on a full E bar, and refill while under the influence. (happiness above your normal will be lost at every 15min mark, so take wisely)

Also, to add to babaloo - there is a pretty big price dif between ecstasy and xanax, 65k vs 830k, so xtc is a lot more feasible in early stage of game. the other thing to consider as well is rehabbing. You can not rehab until you hit Level 15. And you can only use a pretty small amount of xanax before the need for rehab can arise. Sure you can continue on training by using more xanax and not rehabbing, but you do lose out on some other things in the meantime. All depends on what your plan is.